Top 178 Quotes by Ridley Scott

About Ridley Scott

These are some quotes by British author Ridley Scott Director, who was born on November 30, 1937.

Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me.

Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me.

Ridley Scott

I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars.

I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars.

Ridley Scott

Your landscape in a western is one of the most important characters the film has. The best westerns are about man against his own landscape.

Your landscape in a western is one of the most important characters the film has. The best westerns are about man against his own landscape.

Ridley Scott

I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh.

I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh.

Ridley Scott

Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech piece of equipment today is within reach of most people, so they are watching a pretty hi tech version of whatever you've done.

Ridley Scott

If studios don't get their money back, we don't have any movies. So it is important that films are successful, and I am fully supportive of that because I'm not just a director, I'm also not stupid. I've been in this business long enough and, to a certain extent, I'm a businessman; I know the importance of that.

Ridley Scott

You always worry before your movie opens that no one is going to come out.

You always worry before your movie opens that no one is going to come out.

Ridley Scott

A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.

A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.

Ridley Scott

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

Ridley Scott

By going to a preview, a director becomes insidiously infected by the process, so by the end of it, you're thinking, 'It may be a bit too long.'

By going to a preview, a director becomes insidiously infected by the process, so by the end of it, you're thinking, 'It may be a bit too long.'

Ridley Scott

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